Monday, May 24, 2021

On This Day in History

May 24, 2021

Historical Events

1595  Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library

1738  John Wesley is converted, launching the Methodist movement; celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day

1844  Samuel Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" in the world's first telegraph message

1941  German battleship Bismarck sinks the British battle cruiser HMS Hood; 1,416 die, 3 survive

1988  Section 28 passed as law by Parliament in the United Kingdom prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality. Repealed 2001/2004

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Queen Victoria

(1819 - 1901)
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Duke Ellington

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